Fundamentals of Biostatistics

Very satisfied with the length of delivery for the Fundamentals of Biostatistics book. The package was also done very nicely and didn't seem worn like other packages I have received from sellers.

I had to get this book for an introductory biostatistics class and I had previously had basic statistics classes. For a book that is supposed to be introductory, "fundamentals", it is unnecessarily complex. Further, it does not do an adequate job of explaining topics and defining terms and symbols (it uses one symbol in equations repeatedly that I never could find defined in the book). If you are looking for a book to educate yourself, look elsewhere. If you are a student who needs this book for a class and you have not had a statistics class before, I would recommend you also buy a supplementary text. I like the Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Gonick and Smith, and I heard from another student that Statistics for Dummies was helpful. If you are a professor, I urge you to look for another text book, or if you think this is the best one, remember, texts should supplement the class, so teaching straight from this book will be a detriment to your students.

This book has helped me a lot with my course, it complements a lot the information in Daniels seeing as I need to use both books to pass my exams and understand a few things.

As far as biostatistics textbooks go, I mostly liked this one. The organization and the examples were good. There is a companion website with more examples and summaries of the chapters, from what I recall. I used this textbook for intro and intermediate biostats classes for my degree in public health.

It is perfect quality, almost new!

The school of public health just started using this book, switching from one a faculty member had written. One would assume that this new book would be clearer than the older one; not so. This book adds nothing to my understanding of biostats (which is dismally low) but adds to my frustration. I open the book and it literally is like reading a foreign language. Not to add that $150 is a lot to spend on a book that irritates me to no end. I understand that they may use this book in some of the great pubH programs, but that doesn't mean it is written well for those of us who are not statisticians.

The book, does have a great look, and it seens to be perfect for someone who is not a mathematical specialist to start understand statistics more deeply...

This is the 7th Edition, yet the Harvard staff appears not have enough competent staff nor funds to edit and proofread texts, nor correct medical and general biological information errors they produce. I studied at Harvard for a specific public health project, and found that there is a distinct information transmission disconnect among many Harvard professors. So, if they don't have the skill or patience to explain a concept or answer a question, they simply skip over that section, provide a skeletal description, or speed up if they are speaking. I will step far out on a limb here and risk being shot at, but I think my suggestion is solid: Harvard folks should not write basic or summary texts. If they do attempt such an endeavor, they should have a co-author who is a mere mortal, someone who cares enough to truly explain concepts to the masses of lower forms of life who don't work at Harvard and were not "trained" to ignore the masses by attending Harvard.